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Mats Andersson <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:24:18 +0100
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Lloyd Spear wrote:

"Where Mats is, in Sweden, there is a great deal of canola grown so it wou=
ld not be unusual to have honey granulate very quickly (although I am cer=
tain there are Swedish areas where the bees would not harvest nectar from=
 canola)"

True, Lloyd, for some Swedish beekeepers canola is the main nectar source.
The honey source is not so specific on honey here. All sorts of wild flowers
and trees are available and blooming at the same time, so calling the honey
dandelion honey, clover honey or canola honey would be a only a guide to
what part of the season the honey was produced. Do american consumers
seriously believe that the specialized honey they get is from one source
only? (Or is it so?)

I know of beekeepers in Sweden who harvest all of their honey at the same
time (late august). Those can obliously not be near canola, or the honey
would be chrystallized long ago (canola bloomed June 8-23 this summer,
according to my notes).

/Mats Andersson, Stockholm Sweden

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